So you didnt tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . . Because experience is the only teacher, Hey-Soos says. Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids dont listen to their parents, or people dont leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? Theres only one thing thats universal. Whats that? The truth.
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